Time running out for $1.4 million lottery ticket

Comment #7

DoubleDown — Sun, 14 Jan 2007 02:24:41 GMT

Barely..........

Here is an example of how someone can be the "Master of the obvious".........

Contestant: May I have a "c"

Pat Sajac; yes, there is one "c".

Contestant: I would like to buy a vowel please-I would like an "e"

Pat Sajac: yes, there two e's

Contestant: I would like to buy another vowel- I would like an "a"

Pat Sajac: yes, there is an a.

Contestant: May I have a L ?

Pat Sajac : Yes, there is one L.

Contestant: May I have a G ?

Pat Sajac : yes, there is one G.... [ More ]

Comment #6

fja — Thu, 11 Jan 2007 22:14:36 GMT

I'm rolling on the floor..........................

Comment #5

Todd — Thu, 11 Jan 2007 20:54:16 GMT

Well, at least you beat him to it.

Comment #4

Just6ntlc — Thu, 11 Jan 2007 04:44:29 GMT

That's a great story. I hope the winning jackpot in Minnesota steps forward. Also, I hope the second prize Powerball ticket winners step forward to claim the prizes.

Comment #3

LckyLary — Thu, 11 Jan 2007 03:48:11 GMT

When people are on line in front of me playing 100 numbers at a clip, plus 50 scratch-offs, I can understand. People rush through checking tickets and thus more than once I find a $5 or $10 winner tossed aside, one time with three same amounts in plain sight. I made a program to check Crossword tickets (want it, anyone?) and it found one with 5 words, someone only found two of them. Lotto tickets bought on a whim will slip under the seat of the player's vehicle or put aside to check later . The... [ More ]

Comment #2

justxploring — Wed, 10 Jan 2007 23:15:30 GMT

I clench my teeth when I read stories like this one. Not that the money would be mailed to me, but I just can't imagine buying the winning ticket and then forgetting about it or losing it! Saturday night was the first time in several years I got 4 out of 5 numbers ($75) in the FL Lotto and by Sunday I had already collected the money from Publix. Unclaimed tickets are also common here. I think $22 million is the largest jackpot to date. I'm still shaking my head.

Comment #1

DoubleDown — Wed, 10 Jan 2007 21:33:31 GMT

Let me go ahead and say:

I hope the winner step forward. This is a good story.

LOL

Time running out for $1.4 million lottery ticket

Lottery Post — Wed, 10 Jan 2007 20:54:01 GMT

There may be millionaires among us, but their luck has an expiration date.

A Minnesota Lottery Gopher 5 ticket worth $1,489,175 is out there somewhere, and the holder has only a few days left to claim the prize.

Handing out checks is my favorite part of the job, said Clint Harris, executive director of the Minnesota State Lottery. I'd like to do that one more time before the 17th.

That's when the ticket with the winning numbers 4-12-13-24-35 will expire, one year after it was drawn... [ More ]